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Soldiers carry wooden crosses during funerals of those who died during floods in Krymsk. Intense flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia killed nearly 170 people after torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water, forcing many to scramble out of their beds for refuge in trees and on roofs.

Commuters crowd the Churchgate station railway platform, unwittingly underscoring one aspectof World Population Day. Africa and Asia will see the fastest urban population growth in the next 40 years, a United Nations report said earlier in the year, noting that India and China are leading the surge. Earth's population is expected to roughly triple by 2050 compared to a century earlier.

A Kanwaria, worshipper of Hindu god Shiva, rests with others during a pilgrimage. During the Hindu lunar month of Shravana, Kanwarias perform a ritual pilgrimage in which they walk the roads of India clad in saffron and carrying ornately decorated canisters of the sacred water of the Ganges river over their shoulders, to take back to Hindu temples in their hometowns.

No, this isn't Pamplona, Spain, again. It's Brussels, where statues of cows painted with the national flags of various European countries are arrayed in front of the European Parliament as dairy farmers protest the overproduction of milk, causing a drop in the prices the farmers get.

Firefighters battle a four-alarm fire in an abandoned warehouse at Front Street and Girard Avenue in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. Officials say one firefighter had to be taken to a hospital for injuries suffered in a fall. His injuries were not life-threatening.

A child drinks from a canister at a feeding center. About 19 million people are threatened by famine in the area. European Union countries and international partners pledged to funnel an extra $1.2 billion into the Sahel region in West Africa.

Pictures in the News | July 10, 2012

Tuesday’s Pictures in the News begins in Russia, where soldiers carry wooden crosses during funerals for those who died during floods in Krymsk. Intense flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia has killed nearly 170 people after torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water.

In Mumbai, India, commuters throng the Churchgate station railway platform, unwittingly underscoring one aspect of World Population Day. Africa and Asia will see the fastest urban population growth in the next 40 years, a United Nations report said earlier in the year, noting that India and China are leading the surge. Earth’s population is expected to roughly triple by 2050 compared to a century earlier. Over in Bhopal, workers remove debris from a crushed car after a three-story building collapse during monsoon rain showers.

Elsewhere: At the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, revelers run once again with the bulls (More Photos); in Philadelphia, firefighters battle a four-alarm fire in an abandoned warehouse; and in Niger, a child drinks from a canister at a feeding center; about 19 million people are threatened by famine in the area.